Tilak Verma: 22-year-old young Indian batsman Tilak Verma made a splash in the third T20 match played against South Africa at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. Along with this, he fulfilled the promise made to young Indian batsman and captain Suryakumar Yadav and scored a century.
Became the second youngest batsman of India to score a century in T20.
Tilak did not concede any South African bowler while batting on a strong basis. Also, in this match, Tilak scored the first century of his T20 international career. With this, Tilak has also become the second youngest Indian batsman to score a century in this format.
Tilak made a good start in the match, but could not play a long innings.
In the first two T20 matches, Tilak Verma got a chance to bat at number four. He made good starts in both the matches, but could not convert the strong start into long innings. So, after the second T20 at Gkebahara, Tilak reached captain Suryakumar Yadav’s room and for the third match at Centurion, Tilak asked captain Surya for promotion in the batting order.
Tilak kept his promise
Tilak said that if I get a chance at number three, I will perform strongly. So Surya encouraged Tilak by giving up his batting position and the 22-year-old young batsman lived up to his captain’s faith. Captain Suryakumar himself told about this after the match. Captain Surya said, ‘Tilak came to my room in Gakebahara and said give me a chance at number three, I will perform well. I said okay, go and say what you want. ‘Tilak did what he said.’
Tilak hit some powerful shots
Tilak Verma created a sensation with his stormy batting on the Centurion ground. Tilak entered the field after Sanju Samson returned to the pavilion for zero runs in the very first over. As soon as he came to the crease, Tilak made his intentions clear by hitting some powerful shots. Tilak took full advantage of the short leg side boundary for left-handed batsmen. Tilak played an unbeaten inning of 107 runs in 56 balls with the help of 8 fours and seven sixes. Thanks to Tilak’s explosive innings, the Indian team, batting first, was successful in scoring 219 runs at the loss of 6 wickets on the score board.